[Dangerous Beef]

Been wondering if it's actually faster than encrypting a file, say you write 512 bits to a file. That should be faster than reading + Encrypting + Writing right ?

If so why doesn't encryption based software do this instead ?

[archangel.dmitry]

Encryption puts additional overhead on timing unless it is supported on hardware level.

[Dangerous Beef]

Encryption puts additional overhead on timing unless it is supported on hardware level.

Even though it's hardware accelerated it would still need to write the data all over again.

[archangel.dmitry]

It depends on implantation. Many SSDs support hardware encryption without a need to "write the data all over again".

[Dangerous Beef]

It depends on implantation. Many SSDs support hardware encryption without a need to "write the data all over again".

Did some research and it appears there is a performance degradation with Drive encryption though it's mainly based on the processor and drive in question. I guess i have to test it for myself to see if it's actually faster or not. Thanks though.